https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1051/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-ripple-effect-of-mauers-move-to-first-r2163/The Twins made it official on Monday... Joe Mauer's days behind the plate are over. After consulting with doctors at Mayo Clinic, it was felt that Mauer needed to avoid the chance of re-injuring himself at the roughest position on the baseball field. Even though Mauer is now symptom free and able t...2163Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/short-memory-twins-sign-jason-bartlett-r2162/Per ESPN's Jerry Crasnick, the Minnesota Twins have signed Jason Bartlett to a minor-league contract, and the veteran shortstop will compete for a job in spring training next year. Bartlett, of course, first reached the majors as a member of the Twins organization in 2004. He was acquired from the P...2162Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/its-official-twins-announce-joe-mauer-move-to-first-base-r2161/The Minnesota Twins' Dustin Morse announced via Twitter that the Twins will officially move Joe Mauer from catcher to first base for the 2014 season. In October, general manager Terry Ryan told Twins Daily in his offseason interview that the team was not planning for Mauer to move away from behind...2161Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-episode-119-live-from-moms-basement-r2160/Aaron and John talk about the Twins' interest in Johan Santana, Alex Meyer's impressive Arizona Fall League, the $4,700 exploding tire, injuries to Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano, redoing or undoing Denard Span and Ben Revere, beer-soaked iPads, tailgating at Gophers games, weddings in Dallas, mai...2160Mon, 11 Nov 2013 05:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/thoughts-on-the-twins-one-baseball-agents-perspective-on-minnesotas-front-office-r2158/Baseball agent Matt Sosnick speaks strongly of loyalty, honesty and trust in his industry. His agency, Sosnick Cobbe Sports, was grown from scratch in the hills above the San Francisco Bay and relies on building relationships, sticking with clients regardless of on-field performance and adheres to p...2158Fri, 08 Nov 2013 14:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-not-heres-my-blueprint-r2157/I’ve never told anyone this story… Mostly because I just made it up... And also because if I didn’t make it up, you still wouldn’t believe it… --- I had never been more excited to attend a baseball game than I was to attend Game 1 of the 2010 American League Division Series against the Yankees.[PRBR...2157Thu, 07 Nov 2013 04:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mauer-wins-fifth-silver-slugger-award-r2155/On Wednesday night, Twins catcher Joe Mauer was presented the American League Silver Slugger Award for catcher. He had previously won the award in 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Joe Mauer played in 113 games for the Twins in 2013. He hit .324/.404/.476 (.880). That represents an OPS+ of 144. He hit 35...2155Thu, 07 Nov 2013 01:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/naming-names-three-starting-pitchers-the-twins-should-target-r2153/It is not a secret: the Minnesota Twins biggest problem the last few woeful seasons has been the lack of a reliable rotation. While a lot of fans are looking at 2015 or 2016, when Miguel Sano and Byron Buxton "come of age", as the potential contending point for the Twins, the dirty secret is that th...2153Wed, 06 Nov 2013 18:28:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2014-minnesota-twins-offseason-blueprint-r2152/In the Twins Daily 2014 Offseason Handbook, the writers' blueprint plans are one of the best parts. There are plenty of ways to go about trying to fix the Twins team but some patience might be required as the club waits for younger pieces to work their way through the minor leagues. Here is how I...2152Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/shortcuts-r2151/"There isn't any shortcut to get where we want to go." Although the above quote from Terry Ryan was published back in February, the sentiment has been a common refrain for the Twins' general manager throughout his ongoing efforts to rebuild a broken product in Minnesota. No shortcuts. And why no...2151Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/not-missing-bats-ampamp-big-impact-the-2013-twins-rotation-r2150/As plain as the nose on your face, the Twins could clearly see that a sizeable portion of their 2013 troubles was a direct result of the team’s rotation. “Not missing bats and big impact” could have been a mantra of the starting five, or at least a bestselling bumper sticker for a select number of t...2150Wed, 06 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/would-signing-jason-kubel-make-sense-r2149/The Minnesota Twins struck out 1430 time last season, the third most strikeouts in the history of the game. On the offensive side of the ball, the team scored the third fewest runs in the American League while the pitching staff allowed the second most runs to be scored. The club also left the thir...2149Tue, 05 Nov 2013 13:06:00 +0000